How To Install daemontools-run on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run on Ubuntu.
What is daemontools-run
daemontools-run is:
Starts svscanboot from inittab, and provides the directory /etc/service/ for services to be supervised by daemontools.
There are three methods to install daemontools-run on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install daemontools-run Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install daemontools-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install daemontools-run
Install daemontools-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install daemontools-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install daemontools-run
Install daemontools-run Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install daemontools-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install daemontools-run
How To Uninstall daemontools-run on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the daemontools-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove daemontools-run
Uninstall daemontools-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall daemontools-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove daemontools-run
Remove daemontools-run Configurations and Data
To remove daemontools-run configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge daemontools-run
Remove daemontools-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove daemontools-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daemontools-run
Dependencies
daemontools-run have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.